Post #3399579
2026-01-27 18:02 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub day 27: What’s a technical skill you think should be more widespread?
Taking this to mean "for and among writers"... knowledge of where your files are stored, and how to set up backups. Far too many writers (indeed, far too many *people*) these days don't understand what files and directories are, and can't even tell if their work is being stored on their own computer or in the cloud somewhere. 1/2
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-01-27 18:02
This is largely not their fault! The tech industry has worked hard to make this detail irrelevant, and I'm not even sure they've meant it in a nefarious way. They may simply be trying to make people's lives easier. But the end result is that people sometimes lose all their work, and have no idea even where it was, never mind how to get it back. It's tragic. 2/2 #WritersCoffeeClub